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| | A few weeks back it was announced that Twitter would have a location feature that would allow people who read your tweets to locate you geographically (longitude and lattitude). This caused a buzz among many political activists who were worried that if someone on the lunatic fringe of the opposing … |
| | It is old news that Kanye West, pinhead par excellance, has yet again made a jackass of himself trying to be provocative. Kanye, just a bit of advice, drunk and disorderly is not provocative. He has already started the apology tour of late night TV and morning talk shows but … |
 | Web analytics only provide insights for your own site but what if you want to know what your competitors are doing. Comscore or Nielsen only helps for sites which attract large about of traffic, over 50k monthly visitors. So which tools do you use to gather insights on the traffic … |
| | On Mashable they are reporting (link below) that Facebook and Nielsen, the market research and tv ratings people, are announcing a jointly produced, business-oriented social media community called Brand Lift. There are few details but it sounds like Facebook is responding to a need while trying to increase their reach. … |
| | What is your social media ettiquette? My rules is that I use LinkedIn for business and professional colleagues. I only accept invites from people I either met in person and/or I have interacted with. Facebook for friends and professional associates so I can keep up with relevant news feed. Twitter … |
| | Though Bing may not necessarily out beat Google, it is now a preferred search engine for image search and verticals. [url]http://www.bing.com/visualsearch[/url] So what do you think? Would you use images for your online communities and optimize it to increase traffic to your site? |
| | Calling it the spoken version of a Tweet, Jahah has release the beta version of Jahah@CALL which allows to people to engage in a two minute phone call through twitter. There are some basic requirements, the big one being that both the caller and the recipient must be members of … |
| | I remember listening to a few business owners sometime ago about using Skype to provide long distance customer service for clients. Though I never used it, I advised against it due to my research on Skype. So if you used Skype for business purposes, I would like to know your … |
| | A popular social media tactic for small businesses is to establish and build a corporate presence on LinkedIn. Has this helped your business? Did you get any new leads? What do you think? |
| | Though I am not a big Twelebrity nor Twitter user, early on, I have recognized the value of retweeting, especially if it is for a good purpose, like retweeting someone's resume or a public event. So how have you used retweeting? Do you do it or if you dont, why … |
| | Almost every user on this board has an alias that is unique and descriptive. But also, many users create multiple alias to fit in different environment. So my questions for the members here are: 1. What does your name/alias mean? 2. What else would you like to share? 3. Does … |
| | Growing an online community and/or visitors to your website does require monitoring metrics and optimizing the website to increase engagement and conversion rates. So what recommendations to you have to decrease bounce rates? |
| | [url]http://mashable.com/2009/09/21/openinternet-gov/[/url] The link above is to the Mashable story about the FCC promoting Net Neutrality. While it seems like a positive step for the free flow of info, it is coming from an administration that recently proposed possibile legislature that would give the President unquestioned control over tech companies and … |
| | We al know that now a days, the majority of internet marketing sites discuss social media. That said, let's say, a business does launch a social media tactic, then what? What is the one take away you want your client to learn? One take-away I say about social media is … |
| | As an avid Mac user, I have not noticed much differences when logging on to Facebook and other social networks. However, even a few years ago, I did. Perhaps it may be due to the act that I use FireFox rather than Safari. Anyway, there are certain tools or software … |
| | It looks like your daily updates to Twitter and Facebook about what you are doing could be setting you up for home invasion and robbery. A 'reformed burgler' working for the BBC (what is the job scope on that one) described people friending strangers and then posting updates about going … |
| | Read this blog about 6 frustrating website sins and think about your own site. Do you commit any of these sins and if so do you think they are as frustrating to your site visitors as the author of the blog finds them? [url]http://seowizardry.ca/The_Wizards_Blog/frustrating-web-design-elements/[/url] |
| | It has become a popular activity for professional athletes to tweet during games from the locker room. This has created mini-communities of fans of both teams and players. But recently the NFL has banned players from Tweeting during games on the sideline. Chad OchoCinco of the Bengals has announced that … |
| | Check out this presentation (I love the pictures and wish I could identify the movie because it looks like pure cheese!) and let me know if the lesson that is taught, that being how to possibly quantify Social Media ROI, is an accurate one. [url]http://www.slideshare.net/thebrandbuilder/olivier-blanchard-basics-of-social-media-roi[/url] |
| | Mashable is reporting that a recent Nielsen Report identified Bing as the fastest growing SE in the month of August. While Bing only accounts for about 10.7% of all SE traffic, does Google have something to worry about? |
| | If you are belong to a politically-focused online community or if you have posted a comment on Twitter or Facebook in opposition to anything the Obama administration has proposed or enacted into law/policy then this should concern you. [url]http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/16/obama-wh-collects-web-users-data/[/url] Considering that some of the Presidents advisers advocate monitoring and possibly … |
| | Social Search presented in one of the most clearly thought out analysis that I have seen. Comments are welcomed but I wanted to share this with everyone. [url]http://www.digitaltonto.com/archives/427[/url] |
| | Interesting blog post I found that asks and tries to answer the question, Is social media strategically relevant? A sub question to this would be is social media a strategy, a tactic or another set or promising tools. What do you think? Link to the blog is [url]http://www.relationship-economy.com/?p=6298[/url] |
| | When growing an online community, how often do you care to check the web analytics reports? We all know that most web analytics tools have at least a day delay in data reporting. Hence, would you pay extra, in some cases, much much more to get live data. |
| | I just found this through linkedin. [url]http://www.relationship-economy.com/?p=6135[/url] This could be good or bad. Good for companies seeking ways to monetize social media and bad if it leads to identity theft and blown credit lines. What do you think? |
| | Over on Linkedin someone has posted a question asking which industry/vertical market has the most online communities? If I had to hazard a guess I would say it is probably the tech industry with entertainment and sports running a close second. Porn is probably up there also. What do you … |
| | Everyone has probably seen the video of the Phillie fan dad who caught his first foul ball and then gave it to his toddler daughter who then threw the ball back on the field followed by a really heartwarming image of the dad and daughter hugging as the crowd goes … |
| | I was reading an article on BtoBonline.com (link is below) about measuring engagement at live events to prove event ROI. The four main objectives identified as key to measuring engagement are: [LIST] [*]Involvement [*]Interaction [*]Intimacy [*]Influence [/LIST] After reading the whole piece it occurred to me that these same key … |
| | YouTube has announced that they are launching a new addition to its partnership program (which was launced last year and enabled revenue sharing to the big posters) where anyone who posts a video that goes viral will be able to make some money off their video via revenue sharing if … |
| | Two stories have been featuring social media as playing a role in embarrassing politicians and uncovering potential scandals. The lesser of the two was the revelation by an ABC reporter, via twitter, that the President called Kanye West a jackass for his actions at the VMAs on Sunday (no argument … |
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